Schedule
Site-specific shift schedules and reporting information are sent to students by email by the Discipline-Specific Site Leader (DSSL) or his/her designate approximately one week preceding the clerkship. All students are required to complete 17 clinical shifts during the 4 week clerkship. An attempt will be made to balance shifts at different times of the day. Shifts missed for any reason (negotiated or unanticipated) MUST all be made up at a time negotiated with the DSSL or designate. Appropriate documentation must be submitted to the Year 3 Office as per the Year 3 Absence Policy found in the Policies & Procedures Manual.
Orientation
A site-specific Orientation will take place on the first day of the clerkship, at a time arranged by the DSSL or designate. Students should read the first 2 chapters of the UBC Year 3 Core Content Manual PRIOR to their Orientation.
Core Content Manual & Seminars
All students are expected to read the entire UBC Year 3 EM Core Content Manual posted on the UBC Medicol site during the 4 week clerkship. www.med.ubc.ca/medicol
Students are required to attend a series of Core Content, small group, case-based seminars, led by Emergency Physicians. Attendance at seminars is MANDATORY, unless a student has worked the overnight shift prior to the seminar and is scheduled to work again on the night of the seminar date. Attendance is taken. Seminar reading packages are posted on the UBC Medicol site, and must be reviewed by students PRIOR to the session.
Logging
In order to be promoted to Year 4, all Year 3 students must have completed and logged specific mandatory clinical encounters and procedures on their One45 online log. The Emergency Medicine Clerkship provides an unparalleled opportunity to sign-off on many of these requirements. Students are encouraged to proactively seek out opportunities for procedures and clinical encounters.
Observation
Students are encouraged to look for opportunities to ask their supervising Emergency Physician to observe them taking a history or doing a physical exam (either before, after, or during a shift). The goal is for 2 histories and 2 physicals to be observed over the course of the clerkship.